Experts Help Students Make Colonial Crafts

DeLand Junior High School invited area craftsmen to demonstrate life in colonial times during its 12th annual Colonial Crafts Day at the school.

The demonstration is designed to motivate students to create their own colonial crafts, which will be displayed from 5 to 8 p.m. Nov. 19 in the school's media center.

Some of the projects will be entered in the Volusia County Social Studies Fair March 27 and 28 at Spruce Creek High School in Port Orange.

Eighth-grade teachers Ann Henderson, Wilma Chesley, Tanna Gartside, Bill Farrell and Dianna Tappan use such demonstrations to make history come alive for their students. Another program planned for the second week in May will be on the Civil War era.

History buffs who would like to share their talents and knowledge about the Civil War are invited to call Gartside at the school before May.

-- The DeLand Museum of Art's board of directors will sponsor the annual dinner meeting at 7 p.m. Oct. 21 at Lake Beresford Yacht Club on Hontoon Road. The social hour will begin at 6 p.m. Dinner is by invitation only and reservations are due by Oct. 16. The dinner will cost $14 a person. For reservations, call or stop by the museum on East New York Avenue.

-- The DeLand Jaycees have elected Brenda Knight as president. Knight said the 50-member club is open to civic-minded individuals from 18 to 35 years old.

-- Members of the Kiwanis Club of DeLand will meet at 7:15 p.m. today at the DeLand Country Club for their annual banquet and awards night. The evening will include the announcement of the Kiwanian of the Year. A hospitality hour will begin at 6:30 p.m.

During Mainstreet DeLand Night on Rivertown, the club raised $400 for its service fund by selling hamburgers and hot dogs. Bob Broadwater, John Gregory, John Hall, Gene Holloway, Dick Kelton, Jim Stepp and Bud Tyrell cooked and waited on tables.

The members thank Flowers Bakery, Sonny Pierce and Burger King for letting them have supplies at cost.

The newest member of the organization is David L. Kelly.

-- From the DeLand Gem and Mineral Club comes news that members are getting ready for the silent auction in early November. Members are asked to collect, make, set aside and plan to take jewelry, mineral specimens, slabs, lapidary items, rocks, craft items, plants, white elephants, baked goods and articles for auction.

Members also are getting ready for a trip to Orlando to the All-Florida Rock Swap Oct. 10-12 at Sherwood Forest, one-half mile off Interstate 4.